The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1923
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 49.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.01° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.