The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
3:18 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 131.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.03° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.75° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.