The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1904
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
9:48 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.09° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.40° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.