The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1926
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
12:05 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 49
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.54° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.53° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| 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.