The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
3:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3426
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 | 128.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.14° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.01° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.