The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
3:23 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.65° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.37° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.