The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1910
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.82° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.87° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.