The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
2:01 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 115.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.35° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| 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.