The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2056
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
11:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 244.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.20° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.97° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.