The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
3:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 320.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.33° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.48° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.