The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2160
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
6:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.85° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.02° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.