The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 1917
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
2:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 315.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.71° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.90° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.