The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
6:12 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.51° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.80° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.