The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2061
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
5:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
-
Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.53° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.95° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.