The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
5:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.35° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.11° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.