The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2048
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
11:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 69.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.05° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.86° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.