The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2044
First Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
12:19 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1509
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.82° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.