The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
2:01 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3290
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.31° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.24° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.