The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1957
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
10:15 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 223.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.11° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.79° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.