The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2200
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
11:11 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3438
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 | 69.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.79° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.74° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.