The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
9:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 48.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.56° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.95° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.