The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1912
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
8:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.58° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.87° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.