The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2017
Waning Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
1:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 286.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.44° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.16° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.