The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
7:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 33.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.73° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.23° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.