The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1952
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
1:46 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.94° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.74° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.