The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2006
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
12:05 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 1.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.71° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.59° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.