The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.25° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.30° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.