The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2173
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
12:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 272.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -4.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.14° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.33° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.