The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1957
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
10:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 236.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.18° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.93° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.