The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1952
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
1:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 370
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 | 293.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.43° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.56° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.