The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1926
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
10:54 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.22° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.85° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.