The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2020
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.03° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.48° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.