The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
5:10 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.88° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.