The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2012
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
12:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.67° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.41° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.