The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1938
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
11:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 252.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.60° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.26° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.