The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2050
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
3:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1582
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.82° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.38° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.