The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
5:21 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 151.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.87° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.78° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.