The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1996
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
9:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 211.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.91° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.72° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.