The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1965
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
10:49 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.92° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.32° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.