The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2040
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.75° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.21° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| 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.