The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1974
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 324.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.71° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.16° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.