The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
4:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.79° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.83° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.