The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1972
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
9:43 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 53.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.37° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.89° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.