The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
12:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 96.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.32° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.24° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.