The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1901
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
5:54 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 6.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.45° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.54° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.