The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2167
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
4:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3029
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 | 350.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.20° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.63° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.