The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1985
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
5:36 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 9.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 164.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.01° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.97° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.