The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1931
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
8:24 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 41.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.56° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.25° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.