The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2024
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
2:22 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 322.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.58° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.51° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.