The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
2:49 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 125.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.26° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.17° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.