The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2078
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
12:05 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.83° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.44° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.