The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1924
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
7:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.70° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.50° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.