The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
1:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.43° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.83° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.