The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2172
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
1:48 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3091
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 | 294.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.84° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.01° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.