The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1927
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
3:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.01° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.34° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.