The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2027
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
12:20 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1298
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.76° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.23° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.