The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2012
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
2:54 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.69° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.76° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.