The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
3:34 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 135.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.17° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.17° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.