The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2008
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
5:19 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 169.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -25.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.41° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.14° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.