The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
6:10 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 9.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.82° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.02° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.