The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2168
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3042
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.57° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.11° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.