The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
7:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 172.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 0.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.46° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.