The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2101
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2213
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.99° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.42° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.