The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:40 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 66.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.79° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.10° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.