The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2019
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
6:43 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 152.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.47° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.83° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.