The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 1939
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
6:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 9.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.46° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.10° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.