The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1957
Waxing Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
11:48 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.55° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.27° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| 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.