The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2048
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 262.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.92° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.58° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.