The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2165
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
2:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3005
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.96° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.13° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.