The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1934
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:57 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 148
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.13° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.34° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.