The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2011
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
9:15 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 204.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.52° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.32° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.