The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1927
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
10:41 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 61
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 | 219.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.00° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.72° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.