The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1972
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
11:51 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 76.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.78° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.55° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.