The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1911
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
11:58 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 77.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.35° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.25° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.