The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1942
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
9:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 36.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 123.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.46° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.66° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.