The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
3:30 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.69° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.23° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.