The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2140
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
7:08 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.52° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.13° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.