The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2054
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
4:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.91° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.61° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.