The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1930
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
12:29 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.11° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.74° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.