The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1934
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 80.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.33° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.17° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.