The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
4:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 19.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.68° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.59° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| 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.