The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2121
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
10:10 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2461
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.77° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.44° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.