The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1953
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
10:43 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 64.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.81° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.53° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| 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.