The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1981
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
8:58 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 199.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.63° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.26° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.