The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1927
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
2:08 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.31° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.80° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.