The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
2:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 315.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.13° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.71° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.