The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
4:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.80° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.18° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.