The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2025
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1273
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.05° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.