The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2149
Waning Crescent
4.9% 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
5:38 AM
3:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 200.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.67° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.29° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.