The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 2071
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
11:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 240.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.27° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.38° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.