The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2128
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
10:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2547
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 222.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.68° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.48° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.