The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2174
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
9:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3117
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 124.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.68° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.79° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.