The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2000
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
8:58 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.44° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.06° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.