The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2101
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
12:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2213
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 | 256.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.25° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.57° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.