The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2083
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
7:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.24° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.37° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.