The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2140
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
10:50 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.01° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.38° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.