The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:22 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.05° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.68° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.