The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2002
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.03° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.62° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.