The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1958
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
5:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.92° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.51° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 184.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.