The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1938
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
11:02 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 64.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.12° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.08° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.