The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2010
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 80.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.08° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.12° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.