The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2022
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
10:05 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 207.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.56° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.41° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.