The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
12:17 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 256.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.27° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.38° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.