The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
1:09 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3055
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 | 103.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.44° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.05° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.