The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
12:18 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.29° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.33° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.