The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1950
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
10:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.93° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.75° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.