The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% 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
1:05 PM
12:42 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.97° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.