The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
1:35 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 111.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.15° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.90° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.