The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2079
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
11:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 237.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.91° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.92° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.