The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
2:27 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2721
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 | 115.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.62° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.24° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.