The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2021
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 85.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.54° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.00° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.