The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2188
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3289
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 | 285.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.81° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.09° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.