The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1930
First Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.43° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.