The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2055
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
1:40 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 284.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.78° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.77° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.