The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
7:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 173.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.86° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.99° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.