The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1984
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
10:35 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.55° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.10° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.