The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
1:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.71° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.61° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.