The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2104
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
1:53 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2250
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.15° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.67° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| 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.