The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2072
Waxing Crescent
1.3% 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
8:18 AM
6:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 158.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.93° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.85° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| 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.