The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1901
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
9:18 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 209.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.19° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.90° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.