The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1987
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
12:10 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 803
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 | 250.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.75° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.96° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.