The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
12:42 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 101.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / -3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.00° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.46° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.