The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
6:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.35° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.52° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| 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.