The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2154
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.97° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.53° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.