The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2087
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:04 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2041
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 | 29.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.77° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.12° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.