The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
3:10 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2956
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 | 123.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.13° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.44° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.