The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1972
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
12:03 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.16° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.53° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.