The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2007
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
5:38 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 163.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.06° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.61° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.