The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:00 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.38° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.