The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2037
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
10:53 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1422
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 | 69.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.09° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.96° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.