The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1918
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
1:11 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 296.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.57° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.22° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.