The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
4:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2337
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 | 149.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.77° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.58° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.