The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1935
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
7:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 25.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 144.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.14° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.23° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.