The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
4:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 149.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.21° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.90° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.