The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Waxing Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.18° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.19° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.57° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.