The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
3:20 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2251
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.26° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.70° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.