The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1940
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 344.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.56° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.