The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2066
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
12:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1780
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 | 277.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.85° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.87° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.