The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2109
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
11:15 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2312
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 | 238.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.17° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.