The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2009
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
1:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 291.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.30° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.64° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.