The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2151
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
11:54 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2832
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.99° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.66° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.