The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1985
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
3:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 194.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.86° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.65° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| 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.