The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2051
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
1:42 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1595
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.47° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.48° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.