The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 1950
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
7:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.73° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.63° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.