The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
12:42 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.63° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.62° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.