The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1936
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 172
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.47° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.91° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.