The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2066
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
1:38 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1780
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 | 302.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 235.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.12° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.21° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.