The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2130
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
3:17 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 326.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.19° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.47° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.