The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2053
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:37 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 212.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.17° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.95° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.