The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
4:52 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 146.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.79° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.63° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.