The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1434
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.53° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.74° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.