The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:32 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2671
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.20° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.52° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.