The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
5:00 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 151.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.76° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.65° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.