The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:17 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 35.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.58° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.49° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.