The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:13 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 129.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.57° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.