The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1930
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.27° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.89° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.