The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1946
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
11:38 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.26° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.65° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.