The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1990
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
1:34 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 300.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.64° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.01° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.