The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
5:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.73° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.