The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1906
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
2:32 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.91° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.63° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.