The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.73° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.06° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.