The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1900
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
11:47 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -273
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 | 256.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.60° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.81° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.