The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1996
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
7:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.21° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.50° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| 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.