The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 140.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.43° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.17° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.