The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2061
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
9:10 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.82° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.37° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.