The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2076
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
7:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:41 AM, is deepest at 6:32 AM and ends at 8:22 AM. Totality lasts from 5:46 AM to 7:18 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 350.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.22° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.