The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1997
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
3:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 199.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.25° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.37° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.