The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1949
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:20 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 333
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 | 252.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.97° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.54° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.