The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- 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 | 153.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.73° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.86° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.