The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2173
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
11:28 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.53° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.09° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.