The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2004
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
5:34 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.19° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.18° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.