The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2063
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1743
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.61° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.98° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.