The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
2:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 124.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.79° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.82° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.