The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2094
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
11:48 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2127
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.15° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.40° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.