The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2139
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2683
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 | 263.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.66° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.01° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.