The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2200
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:21 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3438
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 | 250.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.26° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| 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.