The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.67° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.58° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.