The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2014
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
11:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.96° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.15° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.