The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2200
Waxing Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
10:03 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3438
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.53° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.92° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.