The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2025
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
12:59 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 279.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.69° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.