The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1965
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
11:35 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 531
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 | 234.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.55° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.46° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.