The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2123
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:46 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2485
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.08° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.29° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.