The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2177
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3153
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 | 259.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.66° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.46° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.