The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1962
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
6:08 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 495
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 | 9.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 161.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.58° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.09° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.