The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
12:39 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.77° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.