The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2132
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
7:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2597
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 141.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.62° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.65° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.