The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:20 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 130.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.65° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.83° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.