The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:42 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 79.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.86° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.79° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.