The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
3:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.25° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.