The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
2:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 121.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.15° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.25° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.