The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2027
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
8:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.39° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.96° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.