The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2088
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
4:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2052
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 | 345.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.07° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.00° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.