The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2153
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2856
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 | 306.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.40° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.40° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.