The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2106
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
9:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.86° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.99° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.