The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2029
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / 1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.57° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.31° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.