The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2055
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
12:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 258.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.76° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.45° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| 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.