The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2044
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
12:17 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1508
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 | 258.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.71° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.18° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| 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.