The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2050
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1582
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.39° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.20° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.