The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1936
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
4:08 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 345.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.44° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.10° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.