The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
12:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2869
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 | 99.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.57° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.