The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1977
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
6:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 14.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.56° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.50° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.