The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1908
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
10:13 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.32° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.92° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.