The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
5:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 161.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.12° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.53° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.