The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
12:26 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 99.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.60° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.05° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.