The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2073
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
4:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 186.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.22° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.42° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.