The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1901
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:05 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 178.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.47° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.27° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.