The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2143
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
11:17 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2733
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.25° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.13° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.