The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2161
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2955
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.80° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.93° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.