The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
1:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.97° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.