The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1927
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
9:46 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.14° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.59° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.