The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2135
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
12:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2634
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.98° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.36° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.