The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2049
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
8:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 195.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.97° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.60° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.