The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1991
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
11:18 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 71.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.34° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.92° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.