The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2080
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
4:18 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1953
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 | 353.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.69° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.49° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.