The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
12:52 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 103.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.31° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.