The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2001
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
2:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 307.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.42° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.30° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.