The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
7:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 171.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 0.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.03° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.28° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.