The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2122
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:15 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2473
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 186.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.04° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.16° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.