The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2085
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2015
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 | 308.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.87° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.02° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.