The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2117
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
9:21 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2411
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.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 336.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.87° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.12° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.