The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2150
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
1:53 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2819
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 | 288.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.33° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.45° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.