The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:22 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.34° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.00° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.