The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2049
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
9:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 218.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.19° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.87° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.