The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1985
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
4:37 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.97° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.84° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.