The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2044
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.41° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.34° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.