The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2036
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
2:19 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1409
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.06° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.13° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.