The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:04 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2300
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.71° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.39° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| 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.