The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2048
First Quarter
54.3% 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
12:31 PM
12:21 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.21° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.53° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.