The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
8:47 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.68° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.