The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
6:13 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 160.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 13.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.10° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.99° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.