The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1937
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
1:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 305.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.65° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.02° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.