The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1969
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
7:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 32.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.66° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.84° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.