The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1938
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
10:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 225.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.53° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.98° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.