The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1943
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
9:21 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 259
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 | 191.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.16° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.16° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.