The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
5:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 828
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 24.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.11° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.58° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.