The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2066
Waning Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
1:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1780
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 | 289.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -8.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.77° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.04° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.