The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2162
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2968
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -2.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.37° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.08° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.