The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1969
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
6:16 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 155.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.67° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.03° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.