The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2096
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
3:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2151
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.94° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.33° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.