The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2090
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
11:50 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 250.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.01° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.