The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1939
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
7:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 21.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 148.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.33° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.91° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.