The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2199
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
1:27 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3425
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 | 292.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -7.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.17° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.35° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.