The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
4:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 140.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.09° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.27° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.