The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
2:14 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -3.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.11° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.33° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.