The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 2172
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:12 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3091
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 | 307.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.42° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.19° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.