The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% 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
3:53 PM
6:27 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.50° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.79° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.