The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2112
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
1:46 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2349
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 | 285.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.41° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.00° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.