The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
1:45 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 113.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.69° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.97° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.