The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1945
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
1:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.74° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.37° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.