The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2112
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
1:21 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2349
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.54° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.83° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.