The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2108
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2300
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.22° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.72° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.