The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2041
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1472
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.02° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.89° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.