The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
12:59 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.78° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.