The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1961
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
11:26 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.10° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.11° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.