The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:37 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 371
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 | 138.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.64° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.67° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| 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.