The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1938
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:02 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 239.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.22° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.12° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.