The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
12:56 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1979
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.30° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.39° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.