The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2059
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
11:00 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 70.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.14° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.57° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| 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.