The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2007
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 227.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.54° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.94° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.