The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1982
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:41 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.45° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.49° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.