The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2022
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
11:23 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 229.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.30° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.69° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.