The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2201
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.16° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.95° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.