The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
3:28 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.82° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.63° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.