The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2038
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
7:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1435
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 147.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.41° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.01° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.