The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2040
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
1:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.99° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.21° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.