The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1900
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.30° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.66° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.