The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2181
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
11:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3203
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.63° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.72° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.