The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1914
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
12:47 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -100
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.70° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.81° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.