The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2017
Last Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
1:13 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.47° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.00° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.