The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2113
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
9:08 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2362
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 | 49.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.27° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.09° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.