The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2098
Waning Gibbous
78.4% 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
9:46 PM
11:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2176
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.59° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.73° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.