The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 2196
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
11:50 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3388
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 | 256.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.22° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.27° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.