The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1942
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
11:37 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.59° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.30° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.