The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:25 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.07° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.83° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.