The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1903
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
12:51 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.77° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.55° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.