The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2074
Waning Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:39 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 283.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.38° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.58° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.