The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 1961
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
9:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.22° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.18° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.