The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
5:32 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 152.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.77° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.99° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.