The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
1:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2906
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.85° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.