The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
12:35 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 98.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.27° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.25° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.