The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1994
Waning Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
1:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.43° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.26° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.