The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2027
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
6:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 161.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.42° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.33° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.