The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 2136
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
11:40 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2647
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.85° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.05° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.