The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
6:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 170.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 3.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.00° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.80° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.