The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2008
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
7:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 353.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.28° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 357.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.