The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1934
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
11:27 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 148
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.98° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.92° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.