The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1918
First Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.73° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.20° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.