The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
10:32 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 228.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.96° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.00° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.