The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2083
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
10:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.98° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.01° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.