The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2064
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
9:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1756
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 | 56.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.04° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.81° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.