The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2083
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
9:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.79° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.19° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.