The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
3:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 606
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.36° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.00° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.