The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 2156
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
8:50 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2894
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 | 190.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.29° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.