The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2052
Waxing Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
11:43 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 73.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.86° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.46° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.