The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2043
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:13 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 214.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.57° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.14° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.