The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1926
Waning Crescent
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
1:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 275.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / 0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.66° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.56° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.