The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2128
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:37 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2547
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.32° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.77° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.