The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2011
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
8:31 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 192.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 339.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.87° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.19° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.