The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
1:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.18° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.