The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2169
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
1:23 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3054
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.25° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.10° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.