The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
4:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.18° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.49° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.