The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1927
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
11:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.44° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.86° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.