The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
3:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 123.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.87° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.19° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.