The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2130
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
3:56 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.83° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.66° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.