The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2127
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
1:04 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2535
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 | 282.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.34° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.36° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| 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.