The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1908
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
10:08 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -173
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 | 56.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 115.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.03° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.18° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.