The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
1:58 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.12° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.42° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.