The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 0.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.14° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.