The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1955
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
2:39 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.67° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.35° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.