The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 1944
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
4:00 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 271
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 | 314.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.70° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.72° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.