The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1960
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 262.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.90° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.78° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.