The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
9:21 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.51° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.10° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.