The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1973
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
10:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 217.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.68° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.85° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.