The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2074
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.96° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.11° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.41° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.