The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2106
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
8:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.75° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.87° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.