The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
4:36 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.20° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.70° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.