The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1960
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
1:00 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.15° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.94° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.