The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2142
Waning Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
1:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2720
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 | 293.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.60° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.93° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.