The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2079
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
10:12 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 209.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.30° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.65° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.