The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2002
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
1:02 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 279.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.77° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.63° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.