The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2062
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
2:33 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1731
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 | 326.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 207.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.59° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.95° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.