The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1976
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 83.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.22° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.48° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.