The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
5:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 159.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.52° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.69° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.