The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1927
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
12:33 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.12° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.15° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.