The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1936
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 324.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.59° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.73° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.