The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1949
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:52 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 333
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 | 240.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.49° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.39° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.