The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
4:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.52° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.36° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.