The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1907
First Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.58° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.49° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.