The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2071
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
11:56 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 253.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.57° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.52° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.