The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1949
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.65° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.69° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.