The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
5:53 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1768
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.25° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.56° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.