The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
4:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.43° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.69° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.