The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1978
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 330.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 204.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.50° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.57° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.