The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1916
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
8:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 128.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.50° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.85° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| 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.