The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2000
Waxing Crescent
3.5% 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
9:20 AM
7:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 21.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.83° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.46° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.