The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1992
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
8:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 189.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 343.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.20° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.39° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| 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.