The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2012
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
9:35 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.12° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.10° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.