The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1961
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
8:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.94° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.36° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.