The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2097
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
1:20 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2164
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 | 294.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.33° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.45° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.