The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2072
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
7:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 24.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.04° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.66° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.