The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2030
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
8:10 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 344.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.91° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.83° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.