The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2107
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
2:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2287
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 | 313.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.34° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.26° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.