The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2082
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1978
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.46° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.94° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.