The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
2:12 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 118.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.49° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.56° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.