The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1909
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
4:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.15° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.78° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.