The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1943
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
8:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 259
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.55° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 181.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.