The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2036
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
1:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1409
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.39° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.80° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.