The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1991
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.78° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.17° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.