The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1916
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
10:07 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.42° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.59° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.