The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2022
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
10:48 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1236
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.45° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.55° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.