The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
6:22 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.62° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.34° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.