The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2004
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
9:02 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 339.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.01° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.14° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.