The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2047
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
1:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1545
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 | 300.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.13° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.42° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.