The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2144
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
9:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2745
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 | 206.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.65° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.60° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.