The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
3:48 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.74° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.95° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.