The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1902
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 336.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 198.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.34° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.53° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.