The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
4:52 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 150.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.30° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.16° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.