The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2069
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
3:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1817
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.26° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.00° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.