The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2049
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
9:08 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.59° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.56° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.