The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2115
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
2:28 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2386
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.16° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.78° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.