The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1907
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.84° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.77° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.