The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1901
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
6:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 17.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.55° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.35° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.