The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2138
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
1:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2671
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 | 305.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 228.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.73° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.79° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.