The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2146
Waning Crescent
36.5% 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
1:25 AM
1:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 285.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.61° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.16° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.