The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2044
Waning Crescent
38.5% 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
1:02 AM
1:03 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1508
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 | 283.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.78° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.50° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.