The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
12:47 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3005
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -1.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.31° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.