The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1979
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
1:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.23° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.73° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.