The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2104
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2250
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 | 284.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.42° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.32° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.