The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2012
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
6:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 151.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.15° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.47° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.