The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
4:15 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 142.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.99° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.61° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.