The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1995
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
11:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 241.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.71° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.51° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.