The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.44° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.29° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.