The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2116
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
12:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2399
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.04° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.10° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.