The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1969
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
10:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.01° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.52° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.