The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1929
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
2:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.39° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.68° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.