The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1982
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
3:38 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 741
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 | 330.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.56° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.85° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.