The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2105
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.23° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.66° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.