The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1957
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
11:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 249.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.31° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.07° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.