The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2078
Waxing Crescent
33.3% 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
12:23 PM
10:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 70.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.25° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.76° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.