The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
12:30 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2820
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.17° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.86° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.