The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1920
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
9:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -25
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 | 211.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 316.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.78° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.69° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.