The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2091
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 328.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.78° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.42° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.