The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 1990
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:10 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.31° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.84° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.