The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2061
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
3:55 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1718
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.80° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.67° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.