The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2013
Waning Crescent
28.5% 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
2:22 AM
1:23 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 295.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.70° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.06° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.