The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
6:40 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 165.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.98° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.65° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.