The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1914
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
1:37 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -100
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 | 298.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.85° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.15° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.