The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
2:26 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 118.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.46° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.77° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| 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.