The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:54 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.77° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.64° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.