The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2180
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3190
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 | 302.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.39° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.72° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.