The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2012
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
10:28 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.54° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.92° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.