The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1976
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
10:18 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 224.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.60° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.58° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.