The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
1:37 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.58° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.34° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.