The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
1:50 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.88° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.21° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| 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.