The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1919
Waxing Crescent
24.7% 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
10:45 AM
10:37 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 59.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.31° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.88° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.