The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1950
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
8:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 46.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.25° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.45° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.