The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 115.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.26° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.23° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.