The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% 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
2:19 PM
3:15 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 129.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.89° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.41° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.