The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1966
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
5:27 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 166.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.46° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.77° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.