The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1908
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
11:35 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 235.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.74° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.19° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.