The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
4:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.79° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.14° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.