The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2004
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
6:06 AM
3:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.06° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.43° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| 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.