The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 1979
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
12:28 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.61° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.41° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.