The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1909
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.89° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.59° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.