The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1946
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
9:54 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 207.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.88° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.38° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.