The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2006
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:27 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.76° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.74° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.