The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:42 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 111.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.96° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.90° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.