The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1948
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
2:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 327.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 207.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.09° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.49° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.