The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2129
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
5:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2560
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.87° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.62° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.