The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2169
Waning Crescent
34.4% 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
1:15 AM
1:51 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3054
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 | 288.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.33° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.27° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.