The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1991
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.63° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.27° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.