The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2177
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3154
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.14° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.68° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.