The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
3:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.89° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.96° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.