The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1915
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
9:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.61° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.30° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.