The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1992
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
9:04 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 126.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.82° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.79° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.