The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2070
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 307.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.02° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.29° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.