The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2015
Waning Gibbous
94.1% 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
7:54 PM
9:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 207.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.55° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.