The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1959
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
3:36 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 330.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 205.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.48° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.76° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.