The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2145
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
4:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2757
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 | 338.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.91° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.24° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.