The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1971
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
1:41 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.05° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.37° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.