The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
12:35 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 99.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 78.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.62° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.78° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.