The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
1:42 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 112.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.71° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.63° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.