The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1941
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
1:19 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 234
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.84° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.31° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.