The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2018
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
8:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 38.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.70° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.13° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.