The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2085
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
1:00 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2015
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 | 286.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.38° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.67° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.