The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1904
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
10:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 65.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -11.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.25° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.23° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.