The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 259
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 349.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.68° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.10° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.