The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2010
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.63° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.98° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.