The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
6:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.38° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.29° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.