The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1900
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:46 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -272
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 | 72.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.65° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.52° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.