The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2032
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.08° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.86° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.