The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2027
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1298
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.80° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.07° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.