The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2096
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
2:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2151
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.11° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.15° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.