The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1911
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -137
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.18° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.08° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.