The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.65° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.23° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.