The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:36 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.36° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.81° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.