The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2041
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
11:17 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1471
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.33° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.