The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 10, 2164
Waning Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
2:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2992
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.41° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.