The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 2009
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:42 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 303.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.67° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.81° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.