The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2039
Waning Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
2:03 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.92° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.72° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.