The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1947
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
4:25 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 308
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 184.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.44° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.21° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.