The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
6:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 22.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 151.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.33° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.42° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.