The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2056
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
9:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.81° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.50° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.