The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% 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
1:28 PM
3:22 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 125.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.43° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.40° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| 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.