The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1903
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
1:26 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -236
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 | 285.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.48° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.71° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.