The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
2:05 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 117.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.23° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.97° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.