The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2103
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
3:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2238
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.30° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.33° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.