The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
5:50 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 161.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.60° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.91° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.