The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2014
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 76.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.03° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.05° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.