The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:49 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 136.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.03° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.03° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.