The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2075
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
10:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.17° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.53° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.