The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1947
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
3:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 308
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 | 339.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 197.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.96° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.02° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.