The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2175
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
4:18 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3128
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 181.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.45° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.33° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.