The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2027
Waning Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:15 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1298
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.00° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.56° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.