The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2021
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:56 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 277.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.73° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.42° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.