The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
3:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 137.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.24° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.30° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.