The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
3:16 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.10° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.63° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.