The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1981
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
6:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.96° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.27° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.