The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1904
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:19 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.02° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.88° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.