The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
2:36 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3042
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars 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 | 124.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.63° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.44° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.