The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
4:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1781
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 | 137.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.53° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.18° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.