The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1927
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
6:36 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 62
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.86° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.90° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.