The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2120
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:30 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2448
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.86° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.05° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.