The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1964
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
11:06 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.02° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.24° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.