The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1923
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
10:41 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.74° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.54° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.