The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2033
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
11:45 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.41° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.25° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| 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.