The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2039
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
2:30 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1446
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 | 305.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.73° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.90° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.