The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1909
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
8:47 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 25.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.74° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.