The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1976
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
11:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 248.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.50° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.87° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.