The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2119
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
1:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2436
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 | 300.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.22° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.00° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.