The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
2:13 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 115.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.64° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.04° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.