The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1953
Waxing Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
11:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.66° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.37° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.