The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2060
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
11:36 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.96° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.12° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.