The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1927
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
7:40 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 62
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 141.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.87° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.72° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.