The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1937
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 85.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -1.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.15° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.40° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| 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.