The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2027
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
12:47 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1298
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.50° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.39° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.