The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1915
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -87
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 | 80.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.15° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.96° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.