The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2060
Waning Gibbous
69.8% 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
10:43 PM
12:07 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 246.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.17° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.26° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.