The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1944
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
3:33 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 271
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 | 303.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.61° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.54° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.