The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1950
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
6:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.79° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.82° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.