The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1975
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
1:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.66° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.46° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.