The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2078
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 82.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.38° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.60° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.