The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% 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
3:14 PM
5:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 149.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 25.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.39° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.36° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.