The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 3.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.79° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.