The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1969
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
8:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 45.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.50° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.65° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.