The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2906
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 | 118.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.07° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.70° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| 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.