The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2163
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
8:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2980
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.63° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.11° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.