The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2146
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2770
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.76° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.33° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.