The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2072
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 36.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.82° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.47° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.