The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
12:58 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.80° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.