The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1974
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
4:25 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.85° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.54° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.