The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2045
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
10:35 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.98° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.54° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.