The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
3:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2671
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 | 133.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.06° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.37° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.