The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2129
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
9:16 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2560
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 | 203.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.65° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.85° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.