The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2088
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
7:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.17° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.