The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2018
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
11:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 248.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.91° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.35° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.