The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1927
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
7:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:51 AM, is deepest at 12:34 PM and ends at 2:17 PM. Totality lasts from 11:54 AM to 1:14 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 354.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.31° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 195.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.