The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2015
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
4:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 182.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.74° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.72° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.