The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
5:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 149.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 27.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.71° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.17° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.