The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.34° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.57° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.