The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1987
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
12:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.07° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.22° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.