The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1958
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
8:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 198.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.72° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.