The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2037
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
11:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.61° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.16° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.