The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1998
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.01° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.