The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1912
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 228.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.24° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.29° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.