The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1977
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
8:59 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 203.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.57° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.94° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.