The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
12:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 97.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.48° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.84° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.