The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2091
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
5:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.68° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.77° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.