The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 11, 2186
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
5:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3265
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.96° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.37° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.