The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1954
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
9:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 395
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 | 203.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.21° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.92° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.