The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1964
Waning Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 519
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 | 292.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.35° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.17° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.