The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2158
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:59 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2918
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 | 258.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.25° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.66° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.